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D.C. Considering Repeal of the Tampon Tax
The Council of the District of Columbia’s Finance and Revenue Committee held hearings earlier this week on B21-696, the “Feminine Hygiene and Diapers Sales Tax Exemption Amendment Act of 2016.” Students in the Legislation Clinic at the University of the … Continue reading ?
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California lawmakers on Tuesday sent a bill to end state sales taxes on feminine hygiene products to Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, the latest success for a nationwide bipartisan effort to end the so-called tampon tax. The bill, w...

On the first day of the 2016 legislative session, two assembly members in California introduced a measure they hope will end the so-called “tampon tax” by exempting feminine hygiene products from sales taxes.
The tax currently is im...

NYS Repeals Tampon Tax
In May, the New York State legislature passed a bill eliminating the sales tax on feminine hygiene products. As expected, that bill was signed into law yesterday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. In the press release ...